Speaking to several hundred elite solution providers at the 2014 BoB Conference, HP CEO Meg Whitman said partners will be able to make more money with HP as a result of the split of the company into two separate publicly traded Fortune 50 companies.(via ITbestofbreed.com)

In a discussion held at the Best of Breed Conference, IBM's Marc Dupaquier spoke about his vision for how the x86 divestiture, SoftLayer, Watson and more will help partners add more value to their portfolios with IBM. (via ITbestofbreed.com)

While a large group of EMC's investors continue to hope that EMC will sell parts of itself to create more clear valuation for them, EMC is likely heading in the opposite direction by considering more acquisitions, according to a top analyst.